108 Exercises
1 Adverbs (A-B)
This is part of a story about a spy called X. Put in adverbs formed from these adjectives: bright, careful, fluent, immediate, patient, punctual, quiet, safe, secret, slow
The journey took a long time because the train travelled so (►) slowly. It was hot, and the sun shone
(1)………………………… from a clear sky. X could only wait (2)……………………….. for the journey to end. When the train finally arrived, he had no time to spare, so he (3)………………………….took a taxi to the hotel. Y was on time. She arrived (4)……………………….. at three. No one else knew about the meeting - it was important to meet (5) ..........………………. . 'I had a terrible journey,' said Y.
'But luckily the pilot managed to land (6) ..................…………...' Her English was good,
and she spoke very (7) …………………. .........X was listening (8)……………………….. to every word. They were speaking very (9) ................................. in case the room was bugged.
2 The ly ending (B)
Look at the information in brackets and put in the adverbs. Be careful with the spelling.
► (Emma's toothache was terrible.) Emma's tooth ached terribly. |
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(Henry was angry.) Henry shouted........................................................................ |
at the waiter. |
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(I'm happy sitting here.) I can sit here ................................................................ |
for hours. |
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(The switch is automatic.) The machine switches itself off ....................……………………. |
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(The debate should be public.) We need to debate the matter............ |
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(Everyone was enthusiastic.) Everyone discussed the idea ……………………………………… |
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(We should be reasonable.) Can't we discuss the problem............ |
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(The building has to be secure.) Did you lock all the doors .............. |
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3 Adverb or adjective? (A-B)
Decide what you need to say. End your sentence with an adverb ending in ly.
►Tell the police that you can't remember the accident. It isn't very clear in your mind. I can’t remember the accident very clearly.
1Tell your friend that United won the game. It was an easy win.
2Tell your boss that you've checked the figures. You've been careful.
3Tell your neighbour that his dog barked at you. It was very fierce.
4You are phoning your friend. Tell him about the rain where you are. It's quite heavy.
4 Adverb or adjective? (A-C)
Vicky is telling Rachel about a dream she had. Choose the correct forms.
l had a (►)strange/strangely dream last night. I was in a garden. It was getting (1) dark/darkly, and it was
(2)terrible/terribly cold. My head was aching (3) bad/badly. I was walking out of the garden when
(4)sudden/suddenly I saw a man. He was sitting (5) quiet/quietly on a seat. He seemed very
(6)unhappy/unhappily. He looked up and smiled (7) sad/sadly at me. I don't know why, but I felt
(8)curious/curiously about him. I wanted to talk to him, but I couldn't think what to say. I just stood there (9) foolish/foolishly.
109 Exercises
Friendly, hard, hardly, etc (A-C)
Decide if each underlined word is an adjective or an adverb.
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That new building is rather ugly. |
adjective |
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I'd like to arrive early if I can. |
adverb |
11 haven't seen you for a long time.
2Why are you wearing that silly hat?
3Very young children travel free.
4The temperature is quite high today.
5We nearly missed the bus this morning
6Do you have to play that music so loud?
2Friendly, hard, hardly, etc (A-C)
Complete the conversation. Decide if you need ly with the words in brackets. Mark: How did you get on with Henry today?
Sarah: Oh, we had a nice lunch and some (►) lively (live)conversation. Henry was charming, as usual. He gave me a lift back to the office, but it was (1)………………. (hard) worth risking our lives to save a few minutes. He (2)....................... (near) killed us.
Mark: What do you mean?
Sarah: Well, we'd sat a bit too (3)………………... (long) over our meal, and we were
(4)……………………..(late) getting back to work. Henry drove very (5)………… (fast). I tried
(6) ………………..... (hard) to keep calm, but I was quite scared. We went (7)…………… (wrong) and missed a left turn, and Henry got annoyed. Then a van came round the corner, and it was coming (8)………. ........ (straight) at us. I don't know how we missed it.
Mark: Well, I'm glad you did. And next time you'd better take a taxi.
3 Good and well (D)
Complete the conversation. Put in good, well (x2), bad, badly and ill. Rachel: How did you and Daniel get on in your tennis match?
Matthew: We lost. I'm afraid we didn't play very (►) well. Daniel made some (1)……………. mistakes. It wasn't a very (2)……………day for us. We played really (3)………………………
Andrew: I heard Daniel's in bed at the moment because he isn't very (4)………………
Matthew: Yes, I'm afraid he's been (5)………….... for several days, but he's better now.
4 Friendly, hard, hardly, etc (A-D)
Complete the conversation. Choose the correct form. Daniel: Is it true you saw a ghost last night?
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Yes, I did. I went to bed (►) late/lately, and I was sleeping (1) bad/badly. I suddenly woke up in |
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the middle of the night. I went to the window and saw the ghost walking across the lawn. |
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Was it a man or a woman? Vicky: A woman in a white dress. I had a (2) good/well view from |
the window, but she walked very (3) fast/fastly. She wasn't there very (4) long/longly. I'd (5) |
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hard/hardly caught sight of her before she'd gone. I (6) near/nearly missed her. Daniel: You don't |
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think you've been working too (7) hard/hardly? You've been looking a bit pale (8) late/lately. |
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I saw her, I tell you. Daniel: It isn't very (9) like/likely that ghosts actually exist, you know. I |
expect you were imagining it.